KRABAT
Krabat, der Lehrling des Zauberers
Director: Karel Zeman, Color, Animation Film
Tschechoslowakei
Filmstudio Gottwaldov / Bavaria Film GmbH, München / SDR Stuttgart, 1977
DEFA-Studio für Synchronisation
- Film/Video Format
- 35 mm
- Length in m
- 2078
- Release Date (for Cinema)
Short Summary (English)
Little Krabat wanders through the Lusatia. While the soldiers are marching to war, he is being hunted down by the Elector of Saxony. "My liberty and the clothes I wear are all I have to call my own", is his sober appraisal of his situation. A raven lures him to the black water. Only too late does he discover that he is imprisoned inside a magician's mill along with eleven other apprentices. They die one after the other in the battle against the master of black magic.
The legendary Sorb figure Krabat continues to inspire artists up to the present day. Shot in classical Czech cartoon style, the film was based on the novel by Ottfried Preussler.
Film Crew
- Director
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- Karel Zeman
Short Summary (German)
Der kleine Krabat wandert durch die Lausitz. Während die Soldaten in den Krieg marschieren, wird er vom sächsischen Kurfürsten gejagt. "Alles, was ich besitze, sind meine Kleider und meine Freiheit", beschreibt er seine Lage. Ein Rabe lockt ihn ans Schwarze Wasser. Zu spät merkt er, dass er mit elf anderen Gesellen in einer Zaubermühle gefangen ist. Einer nach dem anderen muss im Kampf gegen den Meister der schwarzen Magie sterben.
(Katalog zu: Chosebuz - 16. FilmFestivalCottbus, 2006)